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Dimorphos

Dimorphos

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Search complete. 8 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Dimorphos".

Oct 6, 2026

ChaseVOICE_ACTOR
24:45
¡Yeah! ¿Recuerdas la misión DART? Son las siglas en inglés de prueba de redirección de doble asteroide.
ChaseVOICE_ACTOR
24:53
En noviembre de 2022, la NASA confirmó el éxito de este ejercicio luego de que el impacto cinético de la nave espacial con su asteroide objetivo, Dimorphos, alterara la órbita del asteroide de forma controlada.
ChaseVOICE_ACTOR
25:08
Entonces, los seres humanos somos capaces de hacerlo, aunque el objeto que desviamos y destruimos en 2022 fue algo microscópico si lo comparamos con la envergadura de estos monstruos y su amenaza a nuestra bella esfera azul.
ChaseVOICE_ACTOR
25:23
Entonces, ahora probemos con un asteroide más masivo y peligroso, aunque eso lo exploraremos en un nuevo episodio de ¿Qué pasaría si? Si te gustó este video, dale like y no olvides suscribirte a nuestro canal para recibir durante toda la semana el mejor contenido.
Ben CarterHOST
0:43
The asteroid fills the camera frame.
Ben CarterHOST
0:45
On September 26th, 2022, DART closed on Dimorphos, a small asteroid moonlet that did not threaten Earth.
Ben CarterHOST
0:53
Its camera transmitted images until the planned collision interrupted the signal.
Ben CarterHOST
0:58
Now, in a fictional inland community in the southeastern United States, a warning says a catastrophic impact is 72 hours away.

11 MINS LATER

Ben CarterHOST
12:09
Why can't another spacecraft do that now? DART was a genuine planetary defence achievement.
Ben CarterHOST
12:15
It launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 24th, 2021.
Ben CarterHOST
12:19
It struck Dimorphos on September 26, 2022.
Ben CarterHOST
12:23
Later observations showed that Dimorphos' orbital period changed by about 33 minutes.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:02
You know, you don't want it in your backyard or anything, but it's not a tremendously large rock.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:06
But it has a moon, which is called Dimorphos, although most people refer to it as Didymoon.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:12
Much smaller, about 160 meters across.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:14
And it orbits...
Richard CampbellHOST
7:02
You know, you don't want it in your backyard or anything, but it's not a tremendously large rock.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:06
But it has a moon, which is called Dimorphos, although most people refer to it as Didymoon.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:12
Much smaller, about 160 meters across.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:14
And it orbits...
Richard CampbellHOST
7:02
You know, you don't want it in your backyard or anything, but it's not a tremendously large rock.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:06
But it has a moon, which is called Dimorphos, although most people refer to it as Didymoon.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:12
Much smaller, about 160 meters across.
Richard CampbellHOST
7:14
And it orbits...

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